MACARONI SALAD

It's football Saturday, and I am excited. The Gators take on Tennessee, and Ball State is hosting U.A.B.

For those of you in a vacuum, our state had a rough week, with a major hurricane riding up the peninsula and causing MAJOR damage. In preparation for this event, most of the football games were canceled last weekend. Needless to say, a half time meal was not on our radar.

I am happy to report that we weathered the storm well, and were without power for only 24 hours. A neighbor shared his generator with us, so at least we had hot coffee and a cold fridge. Many of our friends did not fair as well. It will be a long time before they all recover.

That being said, we all needed a fun day to take our minds off of the destruction. And in Florida, that means COLLEGE FOOTBALL !!

Today we have a 3 PM game, (BALL STATE) and of course the big one at 3:30 as Florida tries to bounce back from the Michigan loss two weeks ago.

SO we are doing two recipes. One for Macaroni Salad and the other for Loose Meat Sandwiches.

First, lets get the Salad ready. Here is what you need.

8 OZ ELBOW MACARONI

1/2 CUP CHOPPED CELERY

2 TBL CHOPPED ONION

1/3 CUP CHOPPED GREEN PEPPER

3 HARD BOILED EGGS (CHOPPED)

1 TBL PICKLE RELISH

1/4 TSP GROUND CELERY SEED

MAYO TO TASTE

Keep in mind, these amounts can be adjusted to the size of your crowd, and you individual tastes.

This recipe was more than enough for the two of us.

This is one of my favorite summer time meals and works well for a fall football afternoon. And it's easy as pie.

You should make this ahead of time, so it has time to get good and chilled by halftime.

BOIL THE MACARONI

CHOP ONIONS, PEPPERS, CELERY & EGGS

WHEN MACARONI IS DONE, DRAIN AND RINSE

MIX MACARONI WITH MAYO

ADD ONIONS, PEPPERS, CELERY, AND CELERY SEED

MIX.

ADD EGGS AND MIX GENTLY

 

ADD MORE MAYO , IF NEEDED

REFRIGERATE

Now, you should have a beer.

See how easy that was? Why buy that salad made at the store? Full of sugar, salt and preservatives?

No, I say MAKE IT YOURSELF !!!

Next up, LOOSE MEAT !!!!!

GO CARDS AND GATORS !!!!   SEE YOU AT HALF TIME